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fair enough en · X

Pronunciation

  • /-‿ə-/ (General-American)
  • /-‿i-/ (General-American)
  • /fɛəɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/ (Received-Pronunciation) see fair for more variants
  • audio
  • /fɛː-/ (Received-Pronunciation) see fair for more variants
  • /fɛɚ‿ɪˈnʌf/ (General-American)
  • /feːɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/ (Australia)

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) An expression used to concede a point, but suggesting that the broader argument is incorrect.
    • You can play the exercises pretty well on piano, fair enough, but can you play the movement expressively?
    • Puel was let go in June despite leading Southampton to their first major final for 14 years and an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. But apparently his style was too boring and some players and many fans disliked his method, so he had to go – fair enough but look at them now. 2017 October 14, Paul Doyle, “Mauricio Pellegrino yet to find attacking solution for stuttering Southampton”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2017:
    • If I say "Donald" and you say "Fair enough, but there's someone called Donaldo"... 2021 August 9, 3:26 from the start, in No More Jockeys, season 4, episode 15, spoken by Tim Key:
  2. Used to acknowledge a person's point or argument; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.

Relateds

all well and good · good enough

Synonyms

I see · very well

Translations (28)

cs fajn (very well) · hu rendben van (very well) · pl zgoda (very well) · de prima so weit (very well) · de in Ordnung (very well) · it d'accordo (very well) · hu eddig jó (very well) · gd iomchaidh gu leòr (very well) · it e sia (very well) · fr qu'à cela ne tienne (very well) · de na gut (very well) · hu ám legyen (very well) · hu hát jó (very well) · hu az igaz (very well) · fr certes (very well) · hu hát jól van (very well) · ga ceart go leor (very well) · fr d'accord (very well) · ga maith go leor (very well) · nl heel goed (very well) · nl daar kan ik in komen (very well) · fr soit (very well) · de schön und gut (very well) · cs budiž (very well) · pl w porządku (very well) · es suficientemente/bastante/bastantemente justo (literal) · nl okay (very well) · it va beh (very well)